Tag: Captain
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An Imperial inspection, Spain 1808 …
Part three of Bernard Maignal’s Peninsular War account … … I returned to the regiment. It was crammed into one of the 600 churches found in Madrid. The officers had reserved the choir and the sacristy for themselves. For want of straw, they were lying on the floor, in several pairs, with a large quantity…
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Executed to set an example, Russia 1812 …
The author of this excerpt was a sergeant in the 7th Light Infantry Regiment at the time. An exceptional memoir, recommended reading. Having left the road to Minsk, we marched, taking all possible precautions customary on the eve of a great battle, to the entrenched camp of Drissa; however, we found it abandoned. On the…
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Captain Laugier on the battle of Austerlitz …
The recollections of an officer of the 27th Light Infantry Regiment on the famous battle that took place on 2 December 1805 … At daybreak, firing was heard on the right of the Grande Armée. Subsequently, the fire intensified and at sunrise the platoon, battalion and regimental firing and the redoubled shots of the cannon…
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Recollections of Captain Marcel on the battle of Bussaco …
After the capture of Almeida, we remained in our camps for another fifteen days and were only occupied with gathering supplies for the third expedition to Portugal. On 14 September, a review was held in the vicinity of Almeida: it was there that one should have seen our army to get an idea of the…
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Alongside the 102nd Regiment at the battle of Raab …
Captain Routier fought in the war in the Vendée at the age of 15, and then participated in all the campaigns of the Consulate and the Empire. This memoir, intended for his children, recounts what a soldier of the Grande Armée faced and experienced. It has a great documentary value and allows to understand the…